COMPILING POCKET ATARI



To build Pocket Atari you will need the following packages:

* Microsoft eMbedded Visual Tools 3.0

      http://www.microsoft.com/mobile/downloads/emvt30.asp

* GAPI 1.2

      http://www.microsoft.com/mobile/downloads/developer/gapi.asp

* You will also need GAPI emulator if you want to be able to

  debug Pocket Atari on you desktop:

      http://frogengine.net-connect.net/pocketpc/gapi_emu.html

Keep in mind that Visual Tools is healthy 300+ Mb download. You 

can always order it on CD for nominal fee.



* Install eMbedded Visual Tools.

* Create new folder and extract source archive there preserving

  directory structure.

* Extract project files from src\wince\project.zip

* Exract GAPI to src\wince\gapi preserving directory structure.

* Copy proper gx.dll to you Pocket PC device. You can put it in

  Windows folder -- other apps will be able to use it.

* Build GAPI emulator following instructions on the website and

  copy gx.lib to src\wince\gapi\emu. Copy gx.dll to emulated

  environment (usually "Program Files\Windows CE Tools\wce300\MS

  Pocket PC\emulation\palm300\windows\"

* Open project src\wince\PocketAtari.vcp, select one of eight

  platforms and build. If you followed these steps you will have

  freshly built executable in a few seconds.



Vasyl

vasyl@pacbell.net

7-30-2001